rtfm and other toxicity in the gnu/linux community are a microsoft psyop change my mind
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Really, I think rtfm culture predates Windows by a good bit.
the term in association with software predates windows by 6 years (1979-1985) and only 2 years for MS-DOS (1981)
Tbh I don't think Linux users should recommend Linux to Windows users. Linux fundamentally cannot replace Windows, it will never fully replicate its software support or quality. If someone tells me that they need Adobe products or other professional photo/video editors I would genuinely tell them to reinstall Windows.
Linux can absolutely replace windows for the average user.
I still don't believe Linux needs to be pushed on people and it's simply not for everyone.
It shouldn't be pushed on people, but it should be talked about to give people more choice and agency in their home computing.
The problem is that people dont want freedom and privacy, they want ease of use and software compatibility.
Ease of use has been getting worse. And with the way enshittification has been hitting, the need for compatible software is likely to shift into a need for software that does what it says on the tin without 2 linked accounts and AI integration.
Those weren't any of the points that I brought up. And are poor arguments against telling people their options.
That’s right, you know what’s best for everyone and if you just don’t tell the poor children that the option is even a thing, they’ll grow up happy Windows users and have lots of grandchildren for you.
I got fed up with Windows and recently tried Linux Mint. In regards to ease of use it was like a breath of fresh air. Things just work inherently, and I didn't have to fight with it to remove bullshit I didn't want.
As for software compatibility I've mostly already had alternatives readily available. For other things the tools exist to make them compatible and don't take long to learn.
There is no reason not to recommend it to people who are getting annoyed with the enshittification of Windows.
I dont argue with people about this, because i sleep well knowing that windows days are numbered (simply due to its parent companies structure) while linux/bsd will undoubtedly continue to thrive for decades if not centuries. A little bit of healthy superiority complex is great.
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I know this thread is 10 years old, but still the steps “My laptop is a bit too warm” – “Scanning for temperature sensors broke my monitor” – “sudo i2cget -y 6 0x4f 176 [WTF?!] fixed it.” are really not unlikely to happen again today. I shot xOrg trying to get control over my fans just this year.
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I mean, dual booting is an option. I can do everything I was doing in windows on Linux now. Rest of my family is on Linux now as well. Seems to be working just fine.
dual booting is a horrible experience and makes Linux look bad even though it's windows messing it up
Why? I have zero issues with dual boot.
Nah it's fine. I am finally learning and using linux through dualbooting. It's great for noobs like me. All the online gaming goodness and the clean lighweight linux experience for casual browsing and office suite tasks.
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VMs, too. You can use a bare Windows VM with just the 1 or 2 programs that don't work under Wine, unless they are major ones like Microsoft Office (still, LibreOffice is good enough or you can use older Office under Wine). This will minimize what the closed-source operating system gets access to.
This was my solution. If I need windows for anything, I’ve got a Win10 VM. And with QEMU/KVM, it gets near native hardware performance. Thankfully the only thing I need it for currently is checking my work email once a day for a part time thing I do - their particular setup for the Citrix Workspace environment I’m required to use won’t work on Linux.
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Dual booting causes issues, it often causes frustration and is definitely not great for people who don't know how to reinstall grub.
The real problem is the lack of official support from companies like Adobe, Nvidia, and others that refuse to support Linux. Sure there are workarounds, but not without getting into the console which is already too much for people who are used to the drivers just downloading. Many Linux users tend to overlook how much Windows just does everything for them, for better or worse.
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As Adobe gets increasingly shitty, more and more people realize they can go without Illustrator or Photoshop, often even After Effects. Lots of users got used to them with licences they didn't pay for (at school or work) and often only use them for basic functionality, not wanting to invest the time to learn Inkscape, Krita, Blender etc. that would be adequate for their use case. However, the AI training fiasco might be the push they need.
need Adobe products
Just use GIMP, lol
[My eyes roll so far back in my head that they fall out of my skull]
Darktable and krita.
Most of the time you don't even need to leave darktable. Great support for raws.
Anything video, kdenlive is ok for quick stuff but davinvi resolve is a cut above.
Honestly Adobe products are not great anymore. Their usability has gone down the toilet imo. xd was the last bit of interest for me, and that went to garbage a long while ago when it went paid only.
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Yeah, I agree but also stop using Adobe garbage. Too few people are even trying to break free from having their stuff used to train AI, from 24/7 surveillance by Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, etc.
it will never fully replicate its ... quality
What do you mean specifically by "quality?"
Who are we supposed to recommend it to then?
I don't think it should be recommended tbh, at least not as a replacement to another operating system. Many individuals within the Linux community overstate its benefits while downplaying the downsides causing people to have incorrect expectations of Linux.
Is no one going to ask wtf that picture is? Looks like something you would see under an electronic microscope.
it's a zoomed in 3D laugh cry emoji
Oh Jesus. It's even trippier now that I see it.
Also, nobody mentioned it, but it's a combination of 😂 and the eyes from 😳
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I don't think it's okay to be toxic to newbies but there certainly are cases where the solution to problems was a google search and 10 minutes of reading away.
There are a lot of community heroes out there, that spend their days supporting users in forums, without having any monetary benefit from it, that in my opinion may have a reason to be upset if someone does not want to spend any effort on their own in trying to solve their problem.
IDK man. I tried Linux a few times, and it never stuck. Things don't work, it involves endless reading, or the latter then the prior on loop (where as windows just works).
I'm trying out endeavour ATM and hopefully it will stick. But it took me a solid few attempts, over days, to find out "where does pacman get its apps from". I know the answer is more conplex, but eventually I foind and the arch web db...with the help of perlexoty.AI.
I didn't realise it was different than the AUR web db look basically identical. I never noticed the URL difference. As far as Linux has come its still little frustrations that hold it back for even semi tech literste pople.
I'm trying to save from posting in forums (and have rooted a few androids with less than a handfull of posts) but I can't even work out from the wiki how I can give pacman a list apps to install when it's spaced out on each line, without making it a .txt file. It's pretty impossible to "just read" and work out simple things.
Maybe it's just like my opinion. (I am liking endevour so far).
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The worst part is they are so up their own ass nothing you say does anything. Maybe because I'm young but I don't know why I try to explain the reason I'd help someone with their issue.
True. That’s how elitism online works…and the only thing it accomplishes.
I can not figure out how to get a vnc server working on Pop_OS 😢
Go back to windows noob
/s
TightVNC is fool proof.
What's giving you trouble? The Arch wiki is recommended for everyone, some things you have to make a little different but the general instructions should work.
I'm trying to run a headless Minecraft server, but I didn't know the terminal well enough to run the server without the GUI. When I unplug the monitor from the computer though, I lose the video in my VNC viewer too. Windows would run the desktop all the time, even without a monitor connected, but it looks like the default behavior in Linux is to shut it down when there's nothing connected. I've been trying to find workarounds to make the computer think I have a monitor plugged in all afternoon, but none of the things I've tried are working.
On the other hand, after 4 hours of trying things, I figured out the terminal well enough to start the server over SSH, so the outcome is the same I guess
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The best Microsoft psyops to maintain market share and they don't get to pay anything lmao
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Just direct everybody to Linux Mint Debian Edition for their first distro. It just feels so familiar to a Windows user and should check all boxes for people who just need a basic PC.
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False, I tried pop!OS nearly 5 years ago then Debian then arch and have been here for ~4 years The community is what made it possible actually
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